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# numb

adjective (numb, number — rare, numbest); verb (numb, numbs, numbed, numbing)

«numb» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Numb means a part of your body cannot feel anything, for example from cold or from medicine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#m1)
2. Numb means feeling no emotion for a while, after a shock or sad news. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#m2)
3. To numb is to make a part of the body lose feeling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#m3)

### In the lessons

In health and safety lessons: very cold fingers or toes that go numb and white may be frostbite, so warm them slowly and tell an adult; dentists numb your mouth with an injection so fillings do not hurt; sitting on your leg can make it numb (pins and needles). In stories, numb shows a character in shock. Phrases: go numb, numb with cold, numb with shock.

### Examples

- My fingers went numb in the snow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#x1)
- The dentist numbed my tooth before the filling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#x2)
- My leg is numb because I sat on it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#x3)
- She felt numb when she heard the sad news. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#x4)
- Put on gloves before your hands go numb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#x5)
- The cold water made my feet numb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#x6)
- The cream numbs the skin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#x7)
- He was numb with shock after the accident. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#x8)
- Her little hands were almost numbed with cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#x9)

### Note

The b is silent: pronounced «num». Trap: the comparative «number» (more numb) is spelled the same as number (1, 2, 3) but said differently; it is rarely used, say «more numb». Noun: numbness.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «numb» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«numb» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/numb.html) on Mova free.